List of cities in Sweden

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This is a list of towns with former city status in Sweden (Swedish: stad, plural städer). The year indicates the year they were established or when they were granted a royal charter.

Legally and administratively, the term "city" is no longer used in Sweden, as the only existing form of local government is the municipality (kommun). However, before the municipal reform of 1971, there were 132 municipalities with the title of a city. Today the term is normally used describing greater localities, most of them former administrative cities.

Thirteen of the 290 municipalities prefer to use the term stad when it is possible: Borås Municipality, Gothenburg Municipality, Haparanda Municipality, Helsingborg Municipality, Lidingö Municipality, Malmö Municipality, Mölndal Municipality, Solna Municipality, Stockholm Municipality, Sundbyberg Municipality, Trollhättan Municipality, Vaxholm Municipality, and Västerås Municipality. These are decisions made by the municipalities themselves and in legal situations they shall use the official name with kommun (municipality). Also, governmental authorities refer to them by their legal names.

Contents 1 Alphabetical order 2 Chronological order 3 Notes 4 Today 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Alphabetical order

• Alingsås (1619)
• Arboga (1200s)
• Arvika (1911)
• Askersund (1643)
• Avesta (1641-1686, and from 1919)
• Boden (1919)
• Bollnäs (1942)
• Borgholm (1816)
• Borlänge (1944)
• Borås (1622)
• Djursholm (1914)
• Eksjö (1400)
• Enköping (1300)
• Eskilstuna (1659)
• Eslöv (1911)
• Fagersta (1944)
• Falkenberg (1558)
• Falköping (1200)
• Falsterbo (1200) 1)
• Falun (1641)
• Filipstad (1611)
• Flen (1949)
• Gränna (1652)
• Gävle (1300)
• Gothenburg (1619)
• Hagfors (1950)
• Halmstad (1200)
• Haparanda (1848)
• Hedemora (1400)
• Helsingborg (1085)
• Hjo (1400)
• Huskvarna (1911)
• Hudiksvall (1582)
• Härnösand (1585)
• Hässleholm (1914)
• Höganäs (1936)
• Jönköping (1284)
• Kalmar (1100)
• Karlshamn (1664)
• Karlskoga (1940)
• Karlskrona (1680)
• Karlstad (1584)
• Katrineholm (1917)
• Kiruna (1948)
• Kramfors (1947)
• Kristinehamn (1642)
• Kristianstad (1622)
• Kumla (1942)
• Kungsbacka (1400)
• Kungälv (1100)
• Köping (1474)
• Laholm (1200)
• Landskrona (1413)
• Lidingö (1926)
• Lidköping (1446)
• Lindesberg (1643)
• Linköping (1287)
• Ljungby (1936)
• Ludvika (1919)
• Luleå (1621)
• Lund (990)
• Lycksele (1946)
• Lysekil (1903)
• Malmö (1250s)
• Mariefred (1605)
• Mariestad (1583)
• Marstrand (1200)
• Mjölby (1922)
• Motala (1881)
• Mölndal (1922)
• Nacka (1949)
• Nora (1643)
• Norrköping (1384)
• Norrtälje (1622)
• Nybro (1932)
• Nyköping (1187)
• Nynäshamn (1946)
• Nässjö (1914)
• Oskarshamn (1856)
• Oxelösund (1950)
• Piteå (1621)
• Ronneby (1387)
• Sandviken (1943)
• Sala (1624)
• Sigtuna (990)
• Simrishamn (1300)
• Skanör (1200) 1)
• Skara (988)
• Skellefteå (1845)
• Skänninge (1200)
• Skövde (1400)
• Sollefteå (1917)
• Solna (1943)
• Stockholm (1252)
• Strängnäs (1336)
• Strömstad (1672)
• Sundbyberg (1927)
• Sundsvall (1624)
• Säffle (1951)
• Säter (1642)
• Sävsjö (1947)
• Söderhamn (1620)
• Söderköping (1200)
• Södertälje (1000)
• Sölvesborg (1445)
• Tidaholm (1910)
• Torshälla (1317)
• Tranås (1919)
• Trelleborg (1200)
• Trollhättan (1916)
• Trosa (1300)
• Uddevalla (1498)
• Ulricehamn (1400)
• Umeå (1622)
• Uppsala (1286)
• Vadstena (1400)
• Varberg (1100)
• Vaxholm (1652)
• Vetlanda (1920)
• Vimmerby (1400)
• Visby (1000)
• Vänersborg (1644)
• Värnamo (1920)
• Västervik (1200)
• Västerås (990)
• Växjö (1342)
• Ystad (1200)
• Åmål (1643)
• Ängelholm (1516)
• Örebro (1200)
• Öregrund (1491)
• Örnsköldsvik (1894)
• Östersund (1786)
• Östhammar (1300)

[edit] Chronological order

For most of the medieval cities, the exact year of city rights is not established.

1. Skara (988)
2. Lund (990)
3. Sigtuna (990)
4. Västerås (990)
5. Södertälje (1000)
6. Visby (1000)
7. Helsingborg (1085)
8. Kalmar (1100)
9. Kungälv (1100)
10. Varberg (1100)
11. Nyköping (1187)
12. Arboga (1200s)
13. Falköping (1200)
14. Falsterbo (1200) 1)
15. Halmstad (1200)
16. Laholm (1200)
17. Marstrand (1200)
18. Skanör (1200) 1)
19. Skänninge (1200)
20. Söderköping (1200)
21. Trelleborg (1200)
22. Västervik (1200)
23. Ystad (1200)
24. Örebro (1200)
25. Malmö (1250)
26. Stockholm (1250)
27. Jönköping (1284)
28. Uppsala (1286)
29. Linköping (1287)
30. Enköping (1300)
31. Simrishamn (1300)
32. Trosa (1300)
33. Östhammar (1300)
34. Torshälla (1317)
35. Strängnäs (1336)
36. Växjö (1342)
37. Norrköping (1384)
38. Ronneby (1387-1680, again 1882)
39. Eksjö (1400)
40. Hjo (1400)
41. Kungsbacka (1400)
42. Skövde (1400)
43. Ulricehamn (1400)
44. Vadstena (1400)
45. Vimmerby (1400)
46. Landskrona (1413)
47. Sölvesborg (1445)
48. Gävle (before 1446)
49. Hedemora (before 1446)
50. Lidköping (1446)
51. Köping (1474)
52. Öregrund (1491)
53. Uddevalla (1498)
54. Ängelholm (1516)
55. Falkenberg (1558)
56. Hudiksvall (1582)
57. Kristinehamn (1582-1584, again 1642)
58. Mariestad (1583)
59. Karlstad (1584)
60. Härnösand (1585)
61. Mariefred (1605)
62. Filipstad (1611)
63. Alingsås (1619)
64. Gothenburg (1619)
65. Söderhamn (1620)
66. Luleå (1621)
67. Piteå (1621)
68. Borås (1622)
69. Kristianstad (1622)
70. Norrtälje (1622)
71. Umeå (1622)
72. Sala (1624)
73. Sundsvall (1624)
74. Avesta (1641-1686, again 1919)
75. Falun (1641)
76. Säter (1642)
77. Askersund (1643)
78. Lindesberg (1643)
79. Nora (1643)
80. Åmål (1643)
81. Vänersborg (1644)
82. Gränna (1652)
83. Vaxholm (1652)
84. Eskilstuna (1659)
85. Karlshamn (1664)
86. Strömstad (1672)
87. Karlskrona (1680)
88. Östersund (1786)
89. Borgholm (1816)
90. Skellefteå (1845)
91. Haparanda (1848)
92. Oskarshamn (1856)
93. Motala (1881)
94. Örnsköldsvik (1894)
95. Lysekil (1903)
96. Tidaholm (1910)
97. Arvika (1911)
98. Eslöv (1911)
99. Huskvarna (1911)
100. Djursholm (1914)
101. Hässleholm (1914)
102. Nässjö (1914)
103. Trollhättan (1916)
104. Katrineholm (1917)
105. Sollefteå (1917)
106. Boden (1919)
107. Ludvika (1919)
108. Tranås (1919)
109. Vetlanda (1920)
110. Värnamo (1920)
111. Mjölby (1922)
112. Mölndal (1922)
113. Lidingö (1926)
114. Sundbyberg (1927)
115. Nybro (1932)
116. Höganäs (1936)
117. Ljungby (1936)
118. Karlskoga (1940)
119. Bollnäs (1942)
120. Kumla (1942)
121. Sandviken (1943)
122. Solna (1943)
123. Borlänge (1944)
124. Fagersta (1944)
125. Lycksele (1946)
126. Nynäshamn (1946)
127. Kramfors (1947)
128. Sävsjö (1947)
129. Kiruna (1948)
130. Flen (1949)
131. Nacka (1949)
132. Hagfors (1950)
133. Oxelösund (1950)
134. Säffle (1951)

[edit] Notes

1) Skanör and Falsterbo were joined together in 1754 by the name Skanör med Falsterbo and has been considered as one city ever since.

[edit] Today

Most of the former administrative cities are today localities (tätorter) and seats of municipalities.

A number of suburban cities have grown together with neighbours and are nowadays seldom considered as separate cities:

• Huskvarna (part of Jönköping)
• Mölndal (part of Gothenburg urban area)
• Djursholm, Nacka, Solna, Sundbyberg (part of Stockholm urban area)
• Lidingö (separated from Stockholm by water, but anyhow often counted to its urban area)

The following are not seats of municipalities:

• Gränna (in Jönköping Municipality)
• Mariefred (in Strängnäs Municipality)
• Marstrand (in Kungälv Municipality)
• Sigtuna (in Sigtuna Municipality)
• Skanör med Falsterbo in Vellinge Municipality
• Skänninge (in Mjölby Municipality)
• Torshälla (in Eskilstuna Municipality)
• Öregrund (in Östhammar Municipality)

[edit] See also

• Towns of Sweden
• Municipalities of Sweden
• List of urban areas in Sweden
• List of cities in Finland
• List of cities

[edit] External links

• Map
• jrc Blog: Cities

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